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[4.2.y-ckt,stable] Patch "Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration" has been added to the 4.2.y-ckt tree

Message ID 1457389889-26304-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com
State New
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Kamal Mostafa March 7, 2016, 10:31 p.m. UTC 
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration

to the linux-4.2.y-queue branch of the 4.2.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-4.2.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 4.2.8-ckt5.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 4.2.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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From 67e50dc84ccc932811fbac5db0c0a51b75401729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:04:49 -0800
Subject: Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration

commit d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 upstream.

We should set device's capabilities first, and then register it,
otherwise various handlers already present in the kernel will not be
able to connect to the device.

Reported-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@gmx.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
index e272f06..a3f0f5a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@  int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 	priv->abs_dev = abs_dev;
 	psmouse->private = priv;

-	input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL);
-
 	/* Set up and register absolute device */
 	snprintf(priv->phys, sizeof(priv->phys), "%s/input1",
 		 psmouse->ps2dev.serio->phys);
@@ -475,10 +473,6 @@  int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 	abs_dev->id.version = psmouse->model;
 	abs_dev->dev.parent = &psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev;

-	error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev);
-	if (error)
-		goto init_fail;
-
 	/* Set absolute device capabilities */
 	input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT);
 	input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT);
@@ -488,6 +482,13 @@  int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 	input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_X, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_X, 0, 0);
 	input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_Y, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_Y, 0, 0);

+	error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto init_fail;
+
+	/* Add wheel capability to the relative device */
+	input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL);
+
 	psmouse->protocol_handler = vmmouse_process_byte;
 	psmouse->disconnect = vmmouse_disconnect;
 	psmouse->reconnect = vmmouse_reconnect;